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I received the e-mail below, I am not any more surprised. Now, I am sure
that the author, irrespective the good reasons he may has for preparing
this list, wants to blackmail small publishers to pay him. I invite all of you to read what people say commenting on his article (http://www.nature.com/news/predatory-publishers-are-corrupting-open-access-1.11385) Nature is removed and constantly the few negative posts against Beals article. http://www.nature.com/news/report?article=1.11385&comment=52626 Dr Gillian Dooley (Special Collections Librarian at Flinders University): Jeffrey Beall's list is not accurate to believe. There are a lot of personal biases of Jeffrey Beall. Hindawi still uses heavy spam emailing. Versita Open still uses heavy spam emailing. But these two publishers have been removed in Jeffrey Beall's list recently. There is no reason given by Jeffrey Beall why they were removed. Jeffrey Beall is naive in his analysis. I think some other reliable blog should be created to discuss more fruitfully these issues. His blog has become useless. Mark Robinson (Acting Editor, Stanford Magazine): It is a real shame that Jeffrey Beall using Nature.com's blog to promote his predatory work. Jeffrey Beall just simply confusing us to promote his academic terrorism. His list is fully questionable. His surveying method is not scientific. If he is a real scientist then he must do everything in standard way without any dispute. He wanted to be famous but he does not have the right to destroy any company name or brand without proper allegation. If we support Jeffrey Beall's work then we are also a part of his criminal activity. Please avoid Jeffrey Beall's fraudulent and criminal activity. Now a days anyone can open a blog and start doing things like Jeffrey Beall which is harmful for science and open access journals. Nature should also be very alert from Jeffrey Beall who is now using Nature's reputation to broadcast his bribery and unethical business model. Now, I invite all of you in order to take all precautions and not being misled by this blackmailer. Ashry A. Aly Director Ashdin Publishing http://www.ashdin.com Article initially published on http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Arts/Open_Access_Publishing_-_USD_5000_is_enough_to_remove_your_publisher_s_name_from_Beall_s_list_1033556.html |
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